{"id":221765,"date":"2022-10-10T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=221765"},"modified":"2022-10-10T06:15:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T05:15:46","slug":"can-europe-afford-to-turn-a-blind-eye-to-evidence-of-a-us-role-in-pipeline-blasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/10\/can-europe-afford-to-turn-a-blind-eye-to-evidence-of-a-us-role-in-pipeline-blasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Europe Afford to Turn a Blind Eye to Evidence of a US Role in Pipeline Blasts?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If Washington was involved, it would mark a dangerous new stage not only in the Ukraine war but in Europe\u2019s acceptance of vassal status.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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6 Oct 2022 – <\/em>The sabotage of the two Nord Stream pipelines leaves Europeans certain to be much poorer and colder this winter, and was an act of international vandalism on an almost unimaginable scale. The attacks severed Russian gas supplies to Europe and caused the release of enormous quantities<\/a> of methane gas, the prime offender in global warming.<\/p>\n

This is why no one is going to take responsibility for the crime \u2013 and most likely no one will ever be found definitively culpable.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the level of difficulty and sophistication in setting off blasts at three separate locations on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines overwhelmingly suggests a state actor, or actors, was behind it.<\/p>\n

Western coverage of the attacks has been decidedly muted, given that this hostile assault on the globe\u2019s energy infrastructure is unprecedented \u2013 overshadowing even the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n

The reason why there appears to be so little enthusiasm to explore this catastrophic event in detail \u2013 beyond pointing a finger<\/a> in Russia\u2019s direction \u2013 is not difficult to deduce.<\/p>\n

It is hard to think of a single reason why Moscow would wish to destroy its own energy pipelines, valued at $20 billion, or allow in seawater, possibly corroding them irreversibly.<\/p>\n

The attacks deprive Russia of its main gas supply lines to Europe \u2013 and with it, vital future revenues \u2013 while leaving the field open to competitors.<\/p>\n

Moscow loses its only significant leverage over Germany, its main buyer in Europe and at the heart of the European project, when it needs such leverage most, as it faces down concerted efforts<\/a> by the United States and Europe to drive Russian soldiers out of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Even any possible temporary advantage Moscow might have gained by demonstrating its ruthlessness and might to Europe could have been achieved just as effectively by simply turning off the spigot to stop supplies.<\/p>\n

Media taboo<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This week, distinguished economist Jeffrey Sachs was invited on Bloomberg <\/i>TV to talk about the pipeline attacks. He broke a taboo among Western elites by citing<\/a> evidence suggesting that the US, rather than Russia, was the prime suspect.<\/p>\n

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Professor Jeffrey Sachs [Columbia] on Bloomberg causing chaos saying US was most likely involved in Nordstream leaks according to data & other experts \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 \u201ceven reporters tell me \u2026. privately of course \u2026\u201d and that we are on a pretty dangerous path to a nuclear conflict pic.twitter.com\/U6FsC2tdp6<\/a><\/p>\n

— Detty (@0ddette) October 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n